Example sentences of "but [adv] if [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not talking here about your work surfaces , or work triangles or the general space/work efficiency of your kitchen , but rather if you could use your kitchen as more of a family room-the sort of room which friends as well as family tend to migrate to at the first available opportunity . |
| 2 | But perhaps if they had listened to what folk-legend had maintained for thousands of years neurobiologists would not have been so surprised at the learning and memory capacity of the bees . |
| 3 | We had problems that last year with bits of this assignment until the mailing went out and then , you know , the video cassette , the specimen cassette was available but perhaps if it had been a couple of weeks earlier it would have been better . |
| 4 | But perhaps if I had … ’ |
| 5 | But er yeah , it 's , it 's I find it loses er , a little bit of interest fairly quickly erm because it 's , the main subject , the chap jumping down , I think the road was nicely shown , but perhaps if you could have just had a , a longer lens just to make it a bit more important in the picture . |
| 6 | But , George is off Monday and Tuesday but so if you were getting them , sitting here and bringing them up on Thursday John can come here and get his tea here and then take them home . |
| 7 | But obviously if you 're going to do that you 'll have to do it during next week some time On the other hand I could give you a list of five topics and you could choose one . |
| 8 | I mean you 've got to try and keep yourself afloat , and then even that 's not going to help you , if nobody comes along and picks you up either , so I mean that But I mean I I did n't Oh well I Suppose I could say I gave up hope a few times but obviously if you s The struggle to survive comes through in the long run , and I mean it 's it 's not easy to give up hope , |
| 9 | I would hope that we might be able to arrange it but obviously if it is er out of the question , then we 'd have to try to rearrange it some other time . |
| 10 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 11 | This effect can be eliminated , but only if we cease to use our 50Hz or 60Hz frequencies and rely on DC exclusively or , alternatively , double the operating frequency to 100Hz or 120Hz . |
| 12 | It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it … but only if we let them . |
| 13 | You do n't have to , it does n't have to be mined , we do n't have to import it from any Arabs , it 's ours , we own it and it gives us that amount of energy but only if we develop the fast er reactors . |
| 14 | ‘ All right , but only if we can come back here . |
| 15 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 16 | What is important is the discovery that saying these things can actually make us feel better , but only if we say them with sincerity . |
| 17 | Choreographers who are inspired to interpret music can do so in many ways , all of which can be successful , but only if they remember that its overall rhythm is not merely a mechanical guide to the timing of the steps within the dance design ( see page 68 ) . |
| 18 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 19 | Under ordinary sale of goods law , consumers have the right to reject faulty goods and demand a refund , but only if they act quickly . |
| 20 | Newcomers are welcome to the group next term — but only if they 've had some experience of tap dancing . |
| 21 | Under the Fund 's ordinary facilities members may purchase additional foreign currencies , but only if they accept increasing restrictions upon their domestic policies . |
| 22 | Once , the Harvard training officer allowed a dealer to visit a wealthy businessman who had expressed an interest in picking up Hard Rock Cafe shares , ( as he had contacts there ) but only if they could meet up . |
| 23 | Those who live in cold climates require high-calorie diets , but only if they are living actively in the open air ; sedentary indoor workers need no more than their counterparts in temperate latitudes . |
| 24 | I much prefer that kind of viewpoint to the egalitarian doctrine which declares that all men are equal but only if they accept my point of view . |
| 25 | This makes it possible to study subtle processes of coordination : for example , when words are repeated they are generally pronounced less clearly after the first time , but only if they are being used to refer to the same thing . |
| 26 | These differing objectives can be balanced , but only if they are resolved at the outset , before money is committed or spent . |
| 27 | There is no reason why computer systems should not have these features but only if they are designed into them . |
| 28 | It has decided that individual states can refuse imports of waste from neighbouring countries , but only if they can prove that the trade is dangerous to their health or environment . |
| 29 | He said that , you 're just , he , he , he said that it 's available to housewives but only if they erm , will be going back to work prior to the claim , but you must be employed prior to the claim . |
| 30 | They did n't want to drive , but they did , they learnt to drive , but they they said they never really wanted to do it , but only if they really really had to do it . |